Dr. Marie Lovrod

Associate Professor

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Biography

Marie Lovrod is an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the College of Arts and Science. She specializes in English and Women's Gender Studies, focusing on Transnational Feminisms, intergenerational trauma, and feminist methodologies. Her teaching includes courses on feminist theory, queer theory, and critical disabilities studies, among others. Lovrod has a strong commitment to community engagement and empowerment through her research, integrating perspectives on gender, labor, and resilience. She has received multiple awards for teaching excellence and contributions to community initiatives, highlighting her role in promoting gender studies and feminist scholarship.

Research Interests

Transnational Feminisms Intergenerational Trauma Feminist Theory Queer Theory Creative Methodologies Autobiography Collective Auto-Ethnography

Awards

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Canada-China Scholarship

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Teaching Excellence Humanities Fine Arts

2015-03-01
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Community Initiatives Fund

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Resiliency, awarded Global Partners II Funding

2011-03-01
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Networking – Picture Saskatchewan Youth-in-Care Networks in Time Space

2009-12-01
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Feasibility Study for Partnership Graduate Gender Studies Research Exchange University of Saskatchewan and Lanzhou, University China

2009-03-01
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University of Saskatchewan Student Union Teaching Award

2007-01-01
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Program Development Funding, Representation, Embodiment & City

2005-11-01
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Goddard College Community Service Award

2002-08-01
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New York City DREAM Award Youth Engagement

2002-06-01
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Nomination, Presidential Award Excellence Teaching

1998-02-01
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Graduate Teaching Fellowship

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Provincial Graduate Scholarship

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Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship

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Teaching Assistant Scholarship

Courses

WGST 112 Introduction Women’s Gender Studies WGST 205 Gender Work and Society WGST 210 Intersectional Gendered Perspectives Current Events WGST 220 Queering Terrain: Cultural Space WGST 235 Representation, Embodiment City: Saskatoon WGST 240 Contemporary Body Projects WGST 265 Feminist Critical Disabilities Studies WGST 305 Geographies Gender Ecology (online pilot) WGST 310 Feminist Thought 1980 WGST 311 Contemporary Feminist Theories WGST 312 Feminist Research Methodologies WGST 335 Representation, Embodiment City: New York WGST 375 Intersectional Gendered Perspectives Professional Life WGST 400 Honours Colloquium WGST 410 Senior Seminar Gender Culture WGST 411 Situated Transnational Feminisms WGST 800 Feminist Theories WGST 810 Gender, Representation Cultural Studies WGST 811 Queer Sexualities Studies WGST 812 Indigenous, Transnational International Gender Justice WGST 898 Representation, Embodiment City WGST 898 Immigrant Women, Community Engagement Empowerment DISA 898 Contexts & Constructions: Forming Disability Communities (co-taught)

Requirements for University of Saskatchewan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:86
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Statement of intent
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Standard university-wide graduate requirements apply to most arts and science departments unless otherwise specified by the program.